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Overview

Shane Thomas is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia and has contributed to the field of medicine with a focus on public health and chronic disease management. Their research spans several subfields, including general health professions, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, health, clinical psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics such as health disparities and outcomes, gambling behavior and treatments, global health care issues, chronic disease management strategies, hemoglobinopathies and related disorders, blood groups and transfusion, and nutrition and health in aging.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Shane Thomas are:

  • Lifestyle management of hypertension: International Society of Hypertension position paper endorsed by the World Hypertension League and European Society of Hypertension (2023, Journal of Hypertension)
  • Transforming global approaches to chronic disease prevention and management across the lifespan: integrating genomics, behavior change, and digital health solutions (2023, Frontiers in Public Health)
  • Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of disordered and problem gambling (2022, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)
  • Editorial: Chronic Illness and Ageing in China (2020, Frontiers in Public Health)
  • The Development of a Competency Assessment Standard for General Practitioners in China (2020, Frontiers in Public Health)

Shane Thomas frequently collaborates with researchers such as Colette Browning, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Nicki A. Dowling, and Fadi J. Charchar. These collaborative efforts are reflected in the diversity of topics and the range of venues where their work appears.

Publication venues where Shane Thomas's work is often featured include:

  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Journal of Gambling Studies
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

The focus on chronic illness, especially in aging populations, and integration of genomics and digital health solutions into chronic disease prevention and management highlight the interdisciplinary nature of their research.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of comorbid disorders in problem and pathological gambling: systematic review and meta-analysis of population surveys

    Felicity K Lorains;Sean Cowlishaw;Shane A Thomas

  • Risk Factors for Stress Fractures in Track and Field Athletes A Twelve-Month Prospective Study

    Kim L. Bennell;Susan A. Malcolm;Shane A. Thomas;Sally J. Reid

  • The Incidence and Distribution of Stress Fractures in Competitive Track and Field Athletes A Twelve-Month Prospective Study

    Kim L. Bennell;Susan A. Malcolm;Shane A. Thomas;John D. Wark

  • Psychological therapies for pathological and problem gambling

    Sean Cowlishaw;Stephanie Merkouris;Nicki Andrea Dowling;Christopher John Anderson

  • Bone mass and bone turnover in power athletes, endurance athletes, and controls: a 12-month longitudinal study

    Kim L. Bennell;S. A. Malcolm;K. M. Khan;S. A. Thomas

  • Design, format, validity and reliability of multiple choice questions for use in nursing research and education

    Julie Considine;Mari Botti;Shane Thomas

  • Do Knowledge and Experience Have Specific Roles in Triage Decision-making?

    Julie Considine;Mari Botti;Shane Thomas

  • Risk factors for stress fractures in female track-and-field athletes: a retrospective analysis.

    Kim L. Bennell;Susan A. Malcolm;Shane A. Thomas;Peter R. Ebeling

  • Problem Gambling and Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Nicki A Dowling;Aino Suomi;Alun C Jackson;Tiffany Lavis

  • Not the same: A comparison of female and male clients seeking treatment from problem gambling counselling services

    Beth R. Crisp;Shane A. Thomas;Alun C. Jackson;Serena Smith

  • Triage nurses' decisions using the National Triage Scale for Australian emergency departments.

    Julie Considine;Lerma Ung;Shane Thomas

  • Prevalence and determinants of gambling disorder among older adults: A systematic review

    Mythily Subramaniam;Peizhi Wang;Pauline Soh;Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar

  • Problem gambling and family violence: family member reports of prevalence, family impacts and family coping

    Aino Suomi;Aino Suomi;Alun C Jackson;Nicki Andrea Dowling;Nicki Andrea Dowling;Tiffany Lavis

  • Adolescent gambling behaviour and attitudes: A prevalence study and correlates in an Australian population

    Alun C Jackson;Alun C Jackson;Nicki Andrea Dowling;Shane Thomas;Shane Thomas;Shane Thomas;Lyndal Bond

  • Sex Differences in the Treatment Needs and Outcomes of Problem Gamblers

    Beth R. Crisp;Shane A. Thomas;Alun C. Jackson;Neil Thomason

  • Health, lifestyle, and gender influences on aging well: an Australian longitudinal analysis to guide health promotion.

    Hal Kendig;Hal Kendig;Colette J. Browning;Shane A. Thomas;Yvonne Wells

  • To continue, modify or relinquish driving: findings from a longitudinal study of healthy ageing.

    Carolyn A. Unsworth;Yvonne Wells;Colette Browning;Shane A. Thomas

  • Predictors of outcomes of psychological treatments for disordered gambling: A systematic review

    S.S. Merkouris;S.S. Merkouris;S.A. Thomas;C.J. Browning;N.A. Dowling

  • Using the CPGI to Determine Problem Gambling Prevalence in Australia: Measurement Issues

    Alun C Jackson;Harold Wynne;Nicki Andrea Dowling;Jane Tomnay

  • Problem gambling and family violence: prevalence and patterns in treatment-seekers.

    Nicki Andrea Dowling;Nicki Andrea Dowling;Nicki Andrea Dowling;Alun C Jackson;Aino Suomi;Tiffany Lavis

  • Review of tests contributing to the occupational therapy off-road driver assessment

    Carolyn A. Unsworth;Robin K. Lovell;Nichola S. Terrington;Shane A. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicki A. Dowling
Nicki A. Dowling Deakin University
Kim L. Bennell
Kim L. Bennell University of Melbourne
Hal Kendig
Hal Kendig Australian National University
Siow Ann Chong
Siow Ann Chong National University of Singapore
Mythily Subramaniam
Mythily Subramaniam Institute of Mental Health
Erica Frydenberg
Erica Frydenberg University of Melbourne
Kenneth M. Greenwood
Kenneth M. Greenwood James Cook University
Malcolm Battersby
Malcolm Battersby Flinders University
Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar
Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar Institute of Mental Health
Max Abbott
Max Abbott Auckland University of Technology

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